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The arguments connected the bail exertion of Unnikrishnan Potti, premier accused successful a lawsuit involving the theft of golden from the Dwarapalaka sculptures astatine the Sabarimala temple, person concluded and Kollam Vigilance Judge C.S. Mohit is scheduled to present the verdict connected Wednesday.
While the defence argued that Mr. Potti is entitled to statutory bail arsenic the probe squad failed to record a chargesheet wrong 90 days of his arrest, the prosecution powerfully opposed the petition.
Public authoritative argued that the accused is apt to abscond if released and emphasised that the probe is astatine a captious juncture wherever further enquiry is essential. The prosecution contended that the narration betwixt Mr. Potti and elder Tantri Kandararu Rajeevaru, who is besides successful remand, requires further clarification.
The investigators request much clip to find the nonstop quantity of the missing golden and the assorted methods utilized for the theft successful bid to retrieve the stolen property.
The nationalist authoritative besides urged the tribunal that if bail were to beryllium considered, it should lone beryllium granted nether stringent conditions, including a precocious bail amount.
Even if bail is granted successful this circumstantial case, Mr. Potti volition stay successful custody owed to his engagement successful the theft of golden from the kattilappady (sanctum doorway frame). He was arrested successful the second lawsuit connected November 3, and the 90-day play for that probe volition extremity connected February 1.
The peculiar probe squad (SIT) is racing to record an interim chargesheet earlier the February 1 deadline to forestall the accused from securing bail successful some cases.
According to the SIT’s assessment, the study from the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) successful Thiruvananthapuram, which analysed samples collected from Sabarimala, has made the lawsuit much complex. There is simply a beardown anticipation of further arrests successful the coming days.
The SIT is besides evaluating the ineligible validity of filing a chargesheet without recovering the stolen articles, fearing that the defence mightiness situation immoderate study that lacks broad grounds and statements.
In a related development, the tribunal granted the SIT one-day custody of erstwhile administrative serviceman S. Sreekumar. Investigators sought his custody to grounds elaborate statements, arsenic helium was serving arsenic the Sabarimala administrative serviceman erstwhile the alleged crimes took place.
Following a play of aggravated questioning, Mr. Sreekumar was produced backmost earlier the tribunal successful the evening and subsequently returned to jail.
